During an inquest requested by the Keays, Mrs Keays had accused Dr Edwards of being affected by alcohol and making errors of judgement that led to her son's death.

Handing down her findings today, Coroner Jamieson rejected allegations that the hospital or medical staff had caused the baby's death but she condemned Ms Goldsmith's "lack of attention to documentation".

She said the Keays had discovered inaccurate and altered records about their son's birth and death in the midst of their grief.

"It is little wonder that they lost all trust in their health care providers," Coroner Jamieson said.

She also criticised Dr Edwards' failure to keep accurate notes of his discussions with Mrs Keays before the birth about the risks of induction.

"It almost seems trite to have to comment on the importance of contemporaneous notes - and how to take them, to a doctor with in excess of 20 years of experience," she said.

Coroner Jamieson recommended that obstetricians provide more information to patients about the risks of induction and the differences between giving birth at private and public hospitals.

Outside court, Mrs Keays said current obstetricians' accepted practice standards were not acceptable.

"Nor would they be acceptable to any parent," she said.

"Business and medical practices of private obstetricians, the private hospitals in which they operate, and their medical insurers, deserve public scrutiny because their income is heavily subsidised by Australian taxation dollars."

Mr Keays said he and his wife had believed a private hospital would "be a better option ... but as it turns out they don't have the back-up staff that needs to be there".

He said he believed the stress of William's death and subsequent inquest may have contributed to this recent "near-death" struggle with bone marrow cancer from which he was now recovering after receiving a stem-cell transplant.

"We've even thought in a sort of metaphysical sort of way it could have been brought on by the pressures of all this," Keays said.

The Keays said they had launched civil action in the County Court over William's death but wanted to move on with their lives with daughters Holly, 12, and Bonnie, 6.

"William's always in our hearts, in our home, as part of our family and always will be. We miss him," Mrs Keays said.